INTRODUCTION I TASKS I PROCESS I EVALUATION I CONCLUSION I CREDITS I TEACHERS PAGE SUMMARY OF TASKS Learning about forests Palm Oil issue Zoos Victoria Passing a Bill Reflection To understand the issue of palm oil we need to first to look at what you know about forests TASK 1 What does this logo mean? What is the theme? What is it celebrating? Brainstorm with the rest of the class what you know about forests. Record results GO TOPROCESS TASK 1
TASK 2 Science in Action: Find out about what the types of science that is researched in a temperate forest. Find the answers to the following: Do trees have preferences? What lives in the tallest Tree or under a rotting log? How can I identify a tree? Do forest organisms shut down, stick it out, take off, or snooze to deal with cold winters? Record two science facts about forests Record three facts about a rainforest GO TO PROCESS TASK 2
TASK 3 Play the Forest Game, record your score. And /Or Play the Lorax Game, record your score. And/ Or Play the Lorax Quest Game, record your score and level. Then Create a graph in Excel to show your scores compared with the rest of the class GO TO PROCESS TASK 3
TASK 4 Choose a group to explore the question 'IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH PALM OIL'? And present your findings (as a group) to the classFor example in a Powerpoint Presentation GO TO PROCESS TASK 4 TASK 5 Find out what Zoos Victoria have been doing in their Campaign 'Don't Palm us off' Create a mashup video from the Zoos Victoria Website Then Look at what another Organisation has done AND Create your own animation GO TO PROCESS TASK 5 TASK 6 Learn how a Bill is passed in Parliament. What is the Labelling Bill that is currently being reviewed in Parliament in regards to Palm Oil? Make a prediction of the outcome of the Bill GO TO PROCESS TASK 6
TASK 7 Should the Food Label Bill be passed in Parliament and made into a law? Have a debate and see which team presents the best argument GO TO PROCESS TASK 7
TASK 8 Evaluate- what you have learnt GO TO PROCESS TASK 8
SUMMARY OF TASKS
Learning about forests
Palm Oil issue
Zoos Victoria
Passing a Bill
Reflection
To understand the issue of palm oil we need to first to look at what you know about forests
TASK 1
What does this logo mean? What is the theme? What is it celebrating?
Brainstorm with the rest of the class what you know about forests.
Record results
GO TO PROCESS TASK 1
TASK 2
Science in Action: Find out about what the types of science that is researched in a temperate forest.
Find the answers to the following:
Do trees have preferences?
What lives in the tallest Tree or under a rotting log?
How can I identify a tree?
Do forest organisms shut down, stick it out, take off, or snooze to deal with cold winters?
Record two science facts about forests
Record three facts about a rainforest
GO TO PROCESS TASK 2
TASK 3
Play the Forest Game, record your score.
And /Or
Play the Lorax Game, record your score.
And/ Or
Play the Lorax Quest Game, record your score and level.
Then
Create a graph in Excel to show your scores compared with the rest of the class
TASK 4
Choose a group to explore the question 'IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH PALM OIL'?
And present your findings (as a group) to the classFor example in a Powerpoint Presentation
GO TO PROCESS TASK 4
TASK 5
Find out what Zoos Victoria have been doing in their Campaign 'Don't Palm us off'
Create a mashup video from the Zoos Victoria Website
Then
Look at what another Organisation has done
AND
Create your own animation
GO TO PROCESS TASK 5
TASK 6
Learn how a Bill is passed in Parliament.
What is the Labelling Bill that is currently being reviewed in Parliament in regards to Palm Oil?
Make a prediction of the outcome of the Bill
GO TO PROCESS TASK 6
TASK 7
Should the Food Label Bill be passed in Parliament and made into a law?
Have a debate and see which team presents the best argument
GO TO PROCESS TASK 7
TASK 8
Evaluate- what you have learnt
GO TO PROCESS TASK 8